The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-07-22

thither, passing through another car
on my way. Although we were run
ming at the rate of fifty miles an
hour, there was no necessity for
catching hold Of seats to steady my
self as l went That train glided
along as smoothly as sleigh on
polished runners over hard packed
snow, aud l walked from one end to
the other as | would walk through
this corridor. I found the rest of
the sleeping car in which was 10
Gated was upholstered IN gendarme
blue with woodwork of Hungarian
mahogany, and the way in which
the two colors harmonized was de-
lightful change from what I had been
used to on the western roads. The
vestibule arrangement l found most
charming innovation. In passing
from car to car, there was no Gang
ing TO of the door with one hand
holding ones hat with the other to
keep it from flying off, and then max
ing grab for the han die Of the door
of the next car, in mortal terror of
being swung from the platform. No
sir! 1t was step over carpeted
yestibule, between velvet curtains
which hid from view the rubber
joints that connected the two c"rs
"Did | dine? Well, | should say
l did, and sumptuously too, in as
pretty little dining room-excuse
me car l mean-as man ever sat
down in. The table linen was spot
less, and the service unexceptionable
There were flowers in little vase
in front of a mirror over the table
between the windows, and whenever
/ raised my eyes they fell upon a
most ornate bo,f;e, that fairly shone
with silver, glass and polished brass.
This dining car was fitted up in old
oak, with blue-green velours hang
ings and upholstering generally. The
dinner cost me a dollar, and was bet
ter than the best dollar-and-a-half
dinner l ever ate in hotel. l had
a pint of Pommery too, for which 1
paid the usual two dollars. l smok-
ed q cigar after dinner in the smok-
ing car, which, with it's stained oak
book cases and brackets, it's bric-a-
brac on the shelves, and its softly
cushioned wicker chairs, was more
like comfortable library in some
CITY house, than the interior of a car
running across the country at a
speed that few years ago no railroad
dared even to attempt. had some
letters to answer, and so 1 sat down
there at g desk and answered them.
If was at loss for the spelling of
a word, a dictionary was at hand,
and if wanted an address, all had
to do was to ask a porter fora direct.
DRY of the city in which the lost
party resided. Before 1 had finished
writing, it was after nine O'clock,
and we had passed Fort Wayne, and
were laundering on towards Crest
line, our next stopping place.
''As was tired I turned in early,
and [ slept as soundly as though
were in my own home, l slept far
into the morning, and when l awoke
and went into breakfast we were
somewhere between Pittsburg and
Altoona. After breakfast I went in
to the barber shop and"
"The barber shop!" Interrupt ted
his companion, Where did Won find
a barber shop?
''On the train of course. o, did.
MT speak of it before did I? Well
that's another feature exclusively the
property of the Pennsylvania's New
York and Chicago Limited. Yes sir.
These is barber shop there and
good barber too. / was shaved with
out scratch, had my hair trimmed,
and felt as fresh IS field daisy in
June. | found book in the library
that interested me until lunch time,
and just as we got through luncheon
we arrived at Harrisburg, promptly
on schedule time-I.55. There I got
the New York papers, looked over
the grain markets, wired an order to
my partner to buy 5000 bushels of
July wheat for my account, and set
tied down with a cigar between my
teeth for an hour or two with the
the news ofthe day. About o'clock
l took my satchel, made my way to
the bath room-O! yes; there's al
bathroom, too-had delightfully."-
refreshing bath, put on clean clothes
and donned this black and white at
tire which you now see. Before L
had finished, we had stopped at
Broad Street Station in Philadelphia
for five minutes. and were shooting
out over The Schuylkill on the last
stage of the journey. Another DELI
cious dinner occupied another hour
and more. When I went into the
smoking Car we were somewhere be-
tween Trenton and New Brunswick,
and though there was no perceptible
swayiug of the train or jolting either
l was told shortly afterwards that we
had made the run of twenty seven